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Balmoral Mews, SHEFFIELD, S10 4NU

The Lodge Moor Hospital buildings have been demolished to make way for a residential estate known as Redmires Close and all that remains from the past is this tower which would appear to have been converted into flats.

Outside the entrance to the former Lodge Moor Hospital (now a housing estate)

Stainless steel sculpture at the entrance to an upmarket housing estate on the former Lodge Moor hospital site.

Lodge Moor Hospital was built in the 1880's and for over a hundred years it served the people of Sheffield - sometimes known as "The Fever Hospital". Its construction on the edge of the city close to windy moors reflects a Victorian belief that fresh air was helpful for recuperation from illness. The hospital site is now home to a large private housing estate.

The western outskirts of Sheffield viewed from Ringinglow.

The water tower of the former Lodge Moor Hospital as seen from near the former main entrance. (Most former employers tended to refer to the tower as “The Clock Tower” because of its clocks, although its primary function was to store water for the hospital). The tower itself was not built until 1905. The whole site is now an up-market housing estate and is still (!) situated at an altitude of 280 metres (919 ft) above sea level. In addition, the tower - that now houses several apartments - is approximately 25 metres (75 ft) taller, making it visible from up to 4-5 miles away. The hospital was established in response to the smallpox epidemic in Sheffield (1887-88) and was soon developed to treat other infectious diseases too. Eventually medical, surgical and spinal injuries patients were also cared for here and the Sheffield School of Nursing also had an education centre on site.

The view out of the main gates and entrance of the former Lodge Moor Hospital (now pedestrianised) onto Redmires Road. How many people must have passed through these gates during the hospital's life as a smallpox isolation hospital, then as a traditional infectious diseases hospital and finally when it was a general hospital and Regional Spinal Injuries Unit? Hundreds of thousands perhaps if one includes patients, visitors and staff. This site sits at an altitude of 280 metres (919 ft) above sea level and as such is one of the first locations in Sheffield to suffer the effects of snow falls.

The main gates and entrance of the former Lodge Moor Hospital. The building on the right was formerly an Nurse Education Centre and is now a private nursery. Originally an isolation hospital, it was built here away from civilisation and in a wall-to-wall fresh air situation. It was later developed into a facility that also cared for patients with a much wider range of conditions and in its later life it boasted a Regional Spinal Injuries Unit. Whilst preservation orders have been used to protect some of the original buildings, including the water tower visible here, the overall site has now been developed into an up-market housing estate.

Edward VII Royal Mail Cast Iron Pillar Box

Looking along the Rivelin valley from close to where the houses end and the countryside begins.